freenovelworld Chapter 351 The Raid Plan
Chapter 351 The Raid Plan
However, Shen Li did not expect that these soldiers would not only search once, but also leave more than a dozen people on the hilltop to keep watch at night, and were very vigilant.
Fortunately, Bai Wuyou returned before the main force. He led his men to quietly kill more than a dozen people, and then had his own men change clothes and take their place. It was dark and windy, so no one could see clearly.
That night, Shen Li ordered a surprise attack. The people transporting the grain below were still asleep, and even those who were awake felt exhausted and powerless. They were all captured alive.
The young general was more skilled in martial arts, but after being drugged, he was powerless against Bai Wuyou.
"Who...who are you people?" The general was horrified and almost desperate: "Where did you come from?!"
Forget about enemy troops, he didn't even see any of them around.
"It's my turn to ask you, traitor, a question." Shen Li raised an eyebrow slightly: "Will you surrender or not?"
The general was taken aback when he heard a woman's voice. This dark-faced, short woman was a woman? And an official at that?
“You are…” His voice trembled.
Only two women in the Great Zhao Dynasty were capable of leading troops: Shen Li and Lin Wan'er. Both of them were skilled in surprise attacks and swift movements, meaning that anyone could be in front of him, and he couldn't guess who it was for the moment.
"I'll ask you now that I've told you," Shen Li said impatiently, repeating one last time, "Will you surrender or not?"
"Don't even think about it." The young general's temper flared up.
"You've got guts. Knock them out, put them in the car and take them away." Shen Li said casually before going to deal with the others.
The young general was stunned. He was one of the important generals under Prince Ning, and this woman dismissed him with just one question?
She didn't even mention any conditions for surrendering. Would anyone surrender just because they were asked a question?
It seems that this woman didn't even care whether he surrendered or not, and that asking him was just a formality.
This is absolutely outrageous!
However, before he could finish being angry, he felt a sharp pain in the back of his head, and everything went black.
"Sister, did I go too far?" Peony looked at her own chop and then at the general who had fainted without uttering a sound, and asked, "Did you kill him?"
Since the rebels were also from the Great Zhao, Shen Li did not take them too seriously. Instead, she took a few with her on the road and had nearly a thousand of her men imprison the rest, leaving them for Hou Wenyuan to claim credit and rewards later.
The remaining three thousand of her men changed into the uniforms of the grain transport team and, after daybreak, pushed the carts and drove the horses out of the city.
Bai Wuyou, on the other hand, changed into the young general's armor and pretended to be a general. Shen Li stood to the side, playing the role of a personal guard.
She didn't just want to rob the grain; her plan was to lead her troops into the pass and, together with Li Rui and Lin Wan'er outside, open the gate.
Once the gates are closed and opened, Li Heng and Prince Ning will lose their rear and will be powerless against the army summoned by Li Rui.
If this plan succeeds, the rebels' defeat is inevitable.
However, crossing the primeval jungle and then entering the city alone is extremely risky. If any link goes wrong, all efforts will be in vain, and none of the five thousand people, including her and Bai Wuyou, will survive.
This is why Li Rui hesitated to agree to her request, but he did agree because the temptation of success was too great.
Shen Li left the city that day and headed towards the next city. She only needed to pass through two cities to reach the interior of the pass, but she still had to be very careful during this time.
It would be best if the young general surrendered, since the garrison would be more familiar with his face.
However, after leaving the city, Shen Li tried to persuade the sober General Zou several times, but each time she failed.
"If you insist on doing this, I'll have no choice but to drug you." This wasn't a threat from Shen Li, but rather a notification.
So Bai Wuyou prescribed him medicine, and after taking it, he became haggard. General Zou was devastated and spent most of his time in a coma, rarely waking up.
Before passing through the next city, Shen Li did not come away empty-handed. She bribed more than a dozen prisoners, two of whom were people around General Zou, and the rest knew the process of transporting grain and the usual habits.
"Traitor!" General Zou would curse.
Shen Li was quite dissatisfied: "You traitor, you colluded with that deposed crown prince and the Red Lotus Sect to rebel. The capital is littered with corpses. You take the salary of the Great Zhao and kill the people of the Great Zhao. What are you pretending to be virtuous in front of me?"
"You...we are merely purging corrupt officials and eliminating treacherous ministers, not rebelling," General Zou stammered in rebuttal.
"Do you know in your heart whether you're lying to me or to yourself?"
“You…” He was completely speechless.
"Traitors and rebels deserve to be killed by everyone. Your subordinates did not betray you; they were putting righteousness before family and punishing you traitors." Shen Li was very talkative, as if she would never run out of words.
The soldiers who had submitted to Shen Li, who had initially felt ashamed in front of General Zou, straightened their backs even more than usual after hearing these words.
They're not traitors; they've simply realized their mistake and returned to the right path.